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GMC Forum _ PRACTICE ROOM _ What's Your Favorite Lick?

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 21 2011, 11:51 AM

Alrighty guys! we all have a certain little phrase which we eventually play unconsciously from time to time regardless of the context

Do you have one, or maybe more? Who inspired you to do them and how did you come up with them?

Posted by: Kristian Hyvarinen Jun 21 2011, 12:56 PM

I don't have any permanent favourites, mostly I find myself playing some licks I've recently discovered and which I like. For example right now I have this one:

b------13---h15----12~
G-14--------------------

It's played pretty slow to get the taste in. I press the whammy bar slightly before each note to get some color in, and I like to twist the last note with the whammy to give it a spacey sound. I use a slight classical distortion and lots of reverb to get a warm, dreamy feeling in it.

As you can see, I don't actually think so much about what to play as how to play it. Everything depends on the touch and feeling, you can make the same lick sound totally different when played in a different way (naturally).

Oh yeah, about how I came up with this... I'm sure Pink Floyd's Shine on you crazy diamond had a huge influence on this lick (you know, the psychedelic, repeating licks in the beginning when the drums come along). Also I've been listening to Jeff Beck a lot lately, which was probably the source of inspiration for the whammy.

Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Jun 21 2011, 01:25 PM

(use delay on this one)
E--------------------------------------------------15
B--------------------------------------15-----14
G--------------------15------------14-----13
D---------15------14----------13
A------14--------13
E----13------------

E-----10----7h10p7
B----------------------10---7h10p7
G---------------------------------------9--7h9---9(pinch harm)--7
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------the rest of the lick depends of what i am aiming for
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tapped Lick

E---12(tap)----10p7--10(tap)p7
B---------------------------------------h10----12(tap)---10p7---10(tap)p7
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------h9---11(tap)--9p7---goes on climbing the petatonic scale
D
A
E

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 21 2011, 09:38 PM

all time classics

B------3~-------------------------
G---2/4~--4--2h3h2h0---------
D--------------------------2~------

Not sure how I come up with that tho, I picked it up somewhere long time ago

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 21 2011, 09:39 PM

HA I like this thread more and more - let's turn it into a little compendium!!

Posted by: thefireball Jun 21 2011, 09:56 PM

Here's my favorite lick! I've played it forever and often.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jun 22 2011, 10:37 AM

I've always loved Satch's classic bend lick

---------12----------------------12------------------------
---15b------15---12-----15b------15---12--15b~~~~

all the bends are whole steps

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 22 2011, 02:53 PM

That's a nice lick, when played both soft and aggressive, very useful one

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jun 22 2011, 10:39 PM

E------------------12-------
B-------------12------15b------------
G---12--14(Hamer On)----------------------